By Daily Mail (World News) | Created at 2025-01-17 10:00:22 | Updated at 2025-01-21 07:27:34
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British hostage Emily Damari will be released as part of the deal between Israel and Hamas, Israeli media reports.
The 28-year-old has been held in Gaza since she was shot in the hand and leg when snatched from her home in southern Israel during the October 7 attack by Hamas.
Under a deal finally agreed this week, 33 hostages are expected to be released, including women, 'children, elderly people, as well as civilian ill people and wounded'.
A list of names circulating Israeli media includes men, women and children. Hamas has not indicated their condition.
Israel's security cabinet will meet to vote on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal today, with the expectation a truce could come into effect as soon as Sunday.
The deal is expected to pass despite backlash from hard-right members of the coalition, who say Hamas must be fully vanquished before a deal is made.
Hostages are expected to be released on Sunday from 4pm if the agreement passes.
The 28-year-old was shot in the hand and leg when she was snatched from her home in southern Israel during the October 7 attack by Hamas.
Emily's mother, Mandy Damari
